Hi!
Eng isnt my first language and Im running out of time so bare with me please!
I literally have 10 hours to sleep and relax after a long shift and then I am going to have a talk with my boss.
What happened:
I work as a receptionist in a 4star hotel.
On new years eve I accidentally (clear lack of communication from my manager and colleagues) charged** every guest at our restaurnt 20 dollars less for the christmas meal resulting in quite a big damage.
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Actually I wasn't the one to charge them.
Charges on credit cards happened on the other shift, out of my working hours (I was sleeping) because we charge people when they check out.
I just placed the order in our internal booking system.
Now, our boss is actually one of the most notorious people in my country for being a scumbag(quite famous, wont go into details rn) and based on past events there is a chance that they want to attempt to make me work for free for some time till I pay my “dues”.
I guess the way to do that will be to deduct the amount from my next salary, so I will only know it happened after I work hard for these money that I will never see.
That is why I want somehow to be upfront and threaten them that I will not accept any bs and I will go on and do any necessary legal moves/talk to my union etc in order to avoid that.
I want them to realise that I know my rights and will pursuit them and overall just appear as professional as possible and frame this the right way.
That is why I need to have a clear picture of the legal system I am working with, know some “buzzword” that I can throw to scare them etc.
Obv you cannot know the exact system of my country but I can assure you that its a very progressive European one, and obv I am not on the wrong here anyway so Its safe to assume that if something works in favor of the employee in your country, it will work for me too.I am only saying this as a general guide because I need quick info.
Any kind of advice will be extremely helpful.Please understand the timeframe that I am working with (10 hours) and dont advice sth like “call union first” for example as I dont have the time for that.
An important sidenote:
Few days ago, during a huge snowstorm where the roads were officialy closed by police order, I was forced to drive and resulted in an accident that wasnt even my fault, a car bumped into me.
I have the plates of the car and the insurance company.
I decided to let it slide and didnt gave it further thought but I would also like to know what rights do I have regarding that situation.
I am not planning to do anything rn, but if this accident typically brings a company in a bad position, I might have to remind them of what happen/ scare them using that as well.
Sorry for my vague language and lets hope for the best possible outcome!